Re: Soapbox Time

["Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM>]

At 02:03 PM 10/19/98 -0600, Robert Maxey wrote:
>>>Seeking desperately to steer this thread back to appropriate
>ground for this list...
>
>Are you saying that an ever increasing number of poorly educated people is
>not a suitable topic for the list? I disagree, respectfully.  I see it as a
>big problem and it needs to be thought about and looked at by anyone who
>needs to communicate with others.

I believe that's what I'm saying.

Lambasting the state of the educational system isn't appropriate.

The numbers of "poorly educated" people also aren't appropriate,
unless you're specifically talking about how to present technical
information to specific people with specific educational
deficiencies.

In general, other than the obvious admonition to write to your
audience, I don't see that much of a direct connection
between educational levels and technical communication--
what you can assume about your audience's knowledge
will always depend more on intangibles like experience
and general background than on specific grade level
achievements or on problems in the educational system.

Eric


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